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National Year of Reading and the BBC

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 22nd, 2008  
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In the news…
BBC Headroom, the multi-platform campaign from BBC Learning that promotes mental health, is teaming up with libraries across the UK to compile the definitive list of the country’s most inspiring and comforting books, as part of the National Year of Reading’s Mind and Body Month.
Readers can suggest books through recommendation forms in libraries [...]

June 2008 Book Group

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 15th, 2008  
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An exciting month we have in store for book lovers in June.  Here’s what we will be discussing in detail:
Dark Lover - J R Ward
This is the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and is bound to be a lively discussion.  Hope you can join us!
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
This is a book to [...]

The best of Booker

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 13th, 2008  
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Titles by Pat Barker, Peter Carey, Salman Rushdie, Nadine Gordimer, J G Farrell and J M Coetzee are the six books deemed Best of the Booker.
The one-off award marks the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize, and the shortlist was selected by a panel of judges, novelist and critic Victoria Glendinning, writer and broadcaster Mariella [...]

AbeBooks conduct own best of booker poll with surprising results

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 9th, 2008  
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From the bookseller:
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is the favourite Booker Prize winner of all time, according to a survey conducted by Abe Books ahead of this year’s official Best of the Booker award.
AbeBooks.co.uk asked 727 of its customers to name the best of the past winners and Martel’s novel – the Man Booker winner [...]